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1878025881Delarue, Paris 1878. Halbleder Gut
1876157480Paris: Librairie des Bibliphiles 1876. Third Edition. No. 476 of 500 copies. Hardcover. Very good . xi 247 p. 22 cm. 83 b&w engravings by Holbein. Bound in half leather with marbled boards and endpapers. Top edge gilt. Light scuffing to spine and a bit of shelf wear. Ink signature on a front endpaper. French text. <br/><br/>Erasmus wrote In Praise of Folly in Latin in 1509. Having formed its outline during his travels in Italy and Germany the author revised and expanded the work during his stay with his friend Sir Thomas More in Bucklersbury England. "Folly" is considered one of the most influential works in Western literature and a catalyst for the Reformation. The work enjoyed great popular success much to Erasmus's astonishment and sometimes his dismay. Even Pope Leo X found it amusing. Librairie des Bibliphiles hardcover
18094664Boston: Thomas & Andrews 1809. Third American Edition. Leather_bound. Good. Good; 2 volumes full leather rubbed and light shelf wear but solid; internally some light foxing but on the whole near very good; complete with all plates present. Thomas & Andrews hardcover
1803mon0003495342Carlisle for Thomas and Andrews 1803. Hardcover. Good. . 2-volume set bound in full calf. Covers shows wear and rubbing erosion on the corners cracked joints the bottom board of volume 2 is detached but present held w/ string. Contemporary signature of former owner on the first page of each volume which are both detached. Pages are lightly tanned with minor scattered foxing. This edition of Darwin's most important book was published immediately after his sudden death in 1802. Carlisle for Thomas and Andrews hardcover
1801046146J Johnson 1801. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 4 volumes complete 3rd ed.corrected. Original binding. 6 raised bands partly visible. Titles mostly readable on spine labels. Grey paper over boards. Bindings secure no splits to hinges. Most pages uncut. Light foxing to early and late pages. Some illustrations see photos <br/> <br/> J Johnson hardcover
1803052768BOSTON MA.: D. CARLISLE. SECOND AMERICAN FROM THE THIRD LONDON EDITION VOLUME 1 ONLY FULL CLAF LEATHER WITH MUCH WAR OWNER'S NAME. . Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 1803. D. CARLISLE hardcover
188112839Lincoln Nebraska 1881. Quarto 12.5 x 9.25" stitched periodical pp. 81-96. Volume 1 No. 6 September 1881. A single issue of the first suffrage newspaper published in the state of Nebraska. The paper was founded by Erasmus and Lucy Correll a pair of "suffragist homesteaders" who claimed land under the Homestead Act of 1862 and were active in the suffrage movement. Erasmus went on to become president of the American Woman's Suffrage Association and a member of the Nebraska legislature where he submitted an unsuccessful suffrage bill. Lucy meanwhile was a journalist who wrote for her husband's paper The Hebron Journal; she also helped to organize the first woman's suffrage association in Nebraska.<br /> <br /> The paper served as the unofficial newspaper of the Nebraska Woman Suffrage Association and prints Nebraska's state motto "Equality Before the Law" in the masthead above the phrase "Devoted to Woman and her Home Industrial Educational and Legal Interests - especially advocating Woman Suffrage." This issue includes articles in favor of suffrage a front page article critiquing the arrest of three New England girls for smoking cigars letters to the editor updates on successful Nebraska women reports of local suffrage groups in the state and more. Scarce with OCLC locating issues at only three institutions: SUNY Geneseo Omaha Public Library and Nebraska State Historical Society. Creasing to pages damp staining to corners and edges mainly on first and last page several tears to margins up to one inch. unknown
182447058Roma: Presso Francesco Bourlie 1824. Very Good. Roma: Presso Francesco Bourlie 1824-1830. First Edition. Four volumes bound in two; contemporary parchment over marbled paper-covered boards black gilt spine labels. Moderate wear to board margins parchment a bit dust-soiled else a Very Good internally clean and sound set of this early biography of Pope Pius VII 1742-1823. Presso Francesco Bourlie unknown
1897RHAWUND01ECGovernment Printing Office 1897. Very Good. Haworth Erasmus. Underground Waters of Southwestern Kansas - Department of the Interior Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey Number 6. Washington: Government Printing Office 1897. 63pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 12mo. Orange wraps. Book condition: Very good. There are small losses from the paper at the ends of the spine. The front cover has a former owner's name on the top edge. Government Printing Office paperback
1897RHAWUND00ECGovernment Printing Office 1897. Very Good. Haworth Erasmus. Underground Waters of Southwestern Kansas - Department of the Interior Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey Number 6. Washington: Government Printing Office 1897. 63pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 12mo. Orange wraps. Book condition: Very good. There is a 1 and 1/2 inch tear in the paper at the head of the spine. Ink stamp on the front cover and again on the first title page. Government Printing Office paperback
1895532381895. Virch. Arch. path. Anat. 142. - Berlin Verlag von Georg Reimer 1895 8° IV 564 pp. mit 13 Tafeln Halbleinenband d.Zt. Erstdruck! "Die Erstbeobachtungen von Tumorzellen im Sputum von Hampelen und Eichhorst 18761887 werden zusammen mit einer neuen Beobachtung aus Eichhorsts Med. Klinik in Zürich " von Erasmus Betschart 1867- beschrieben. Georg Dhom Gesch. Histopath. p.745 unknown
1867P-04536Chicago: E.Manford Publisher 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Some light foxing as per usual as well as a small bottom spine chip and slight bump to rear corners; else a tight clean unmarked copy. Extremely scarce ante-Fire imprint. Autobiography of a traveling minister which includes anecdotes and personal accounts of Stephen A.Douglas Camp Jackson in Civil War the Confederates in the North as well as a biographical sketch of Mrs. Manford by Reverend G.S. Weaver and more. Binding is cloth boards. E.Manford Publisher hardcover
18679030839Chicago: E. Manford 1867. 1st. Hardcover. Good. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Corners worn through cloth and three small chips to head and heel. Foxing to exterior of text block with minimal foxing inside. Signature of previous owner in crayon on front paste down end paper. 4 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches. 359 pages. <br/><br/> E. Manford hardcover
187527595Chicago: Erasmus Manford 1875. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Brown cloth. vii 375pp. Frontispiece. Good. Spine gilt lettering rubbed and binding a tad soiled rubbed and mildly edgeworn -- but tight-hinged and fairly attractive. Nice reprint edition of this 1867 account by a Massachusetts minister who decided to go West and recalls in detail his travels throughout the Midwest and to New Orleans before arriving in Texas. Howes records the first printing two reprints 1868 and 1870 and three printings of a revised edition 1872 1873 and 1885 but misses this 1875 edition. NEW HOWES M 249. SABIN 44246. Erasmus Manford hardcover
1875027333Chicago: Erasmus Manford Publisher 1875. First Edition . Cloth - Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. 375 pages; Signed by author on blank front free end page; Library ink stamp and cancellation on title page in center of title; Library inked notation on blank rear paste down; Cloth spine covers are rubbed and a little scuffed below title likely removing a library marking; Cloth covers are rubbed and a little soiled; Corners show a little wear; Lettering on spine is faded though legible; Scattered smudges and light soiling internally; Penciled marks/notations on rear end leaves; Volume remains tight. <br/> <br/> Erasmus Manford, Publisher hardcover
1844059773Cambridge: Cambridge University Press - PARKER SOCIETY 1844. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. CAMBRIDGE : 1844 46. TWO VOLUMES COMPLETE. Handsome set Hardbacks. Black publisher's cloth. Blind stamped boards and ruled spine. Gilt lettered Spine title: 'Works of Bp. Coverdale'. Gilt motif of the Parker Society to covers. Untrimmed edges as issued. Lemon end-papers. Armorial bookplate. No internal markings. Minor wear only. Tight bright and clean. Includes reprints of original title-pages. VERY GOOD. xii 544 & xxiii 618 pages. Edited for the Parker society by the Rev. George Pearson. VERY GOOD. Minor wear. Books now in archival quality clear protective jackets. Heavy books; extra postage required. Cambridge: University Press. SCARCE. <br/> <br/> Cambridge University Press - PARKER SOCIETY hardcover
189811702This monthly was issued in paperback but the illustrated soft covers and adverts have been discarded. This hardcover is in a contemporary binding with a repaired leather spine and 4 touched up leather cnrs. Modern titles on maroon skivers. The top edge has been re-coloured and the other 2 edges are speckled but somewhat faded. The glossy paper is only occasionally foxed. The front pastedown has the name in pencil of Jas Austin Hewing and my attractive bookplate; the rear free ep has a price 10p. Title p b&w frontis; Intro. Page 4:The Romance of Seal Hunting - an interview with Sir Geo. Baden-Powell; Page 12 : Down the Perak River; p24 Perils of Gordon's Postman; p17 Houses in Air and in Water Papua New Guinea; p27 Tragedies of Mont Blanc; p14 The Most Remarkable Newspaper in the World - Michigan State Prison Jackson City; p38 Devotees p48 Memories of Navarino; p48 How the North Pole will be reached p63 Battle Royal with a Tiger p68 New Route to the Klondike; p74 Race Against Death p80 Queer Sights in China; p87 The Cruise of the Slaver 'Carl'; p91 Naturalist Abroad; p100 Castaways in the Frozen North; p105 Odds and Ends; and that is just for April 1898. 676pp incl index more. 1 -2 wonderfully historic black and white photos on every p. Truly a rare and special item! The first 6 issues of 'The Wide World' magazine. "From the late nineteenth century to the swinging sixties this publication was the bestselling magazine for men craving adventure. Each issue was filled with amazing-but-true-tales of survival catastrophe and derring-do gathered from around the world. Written in the muscular prose of true heroes and accompanied throughout by photographs and adverts of sublime absurdity 'The Wide World' was a thrilling testament to an age when men kept their upper lips stiff for a reason and the truth was more dangerous than fiction." - from dust jacket of the book 'The Wide World' published by Macmillan in 2004. A marvelous gift for fans of adventure. Newnes, hardcover
1803415742London : Printed for J. Johnson by T. Bensley 1803. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor copy in the original full tree calf. Spine worn back board and portrait frontis missing. Shadow-staining in parts. Remains overall quite a good example in need of some attention. Physical description; 174 124 pages : 4 plates originally now only 3 including frontispiece ; 29 cm. Notes; ""Additional notes"" I-XV : 124 pages at end. 4 stipple engravings by Houghton M. Haughton the younger after J.H. Fuessli R.A. Contents; Canto I. Production of life -- Canto II. Reproduction of life -- Canto III. Progress of the mind -- Canto IV. Of good and evil -- Additional notes. Subjects; 1700-1799. Natural history ; Poetry. Evolution Biology ; Poetry. English poetry 19th century. Botany 18th century. Poetry Modern 18th century. London : Printed for J. Johnson, by T. Bensley hardcover
1803green168155The Erasmus Darwin Foundation. Very Good. . 2003 reprint limited edition 100/250 with certificate produced to commemorate 200th anniversary of original publication reprinted in its full form gilt insignia on maroon boards bright clean copy no markings binding tight Professional booksellers since 1981 . 1803. Hardcover. The Erasmus Darwin Foundation hardcover
1804rbr1-nat1<p>5 raised bands/gilt spine. 1st US printing 1804. Grandfather to Charles Darwin. 256 rough-cut pages. Professionally rebacked with quarter bound black leather over original boards with 5 raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. tape reindorced hinges. Foxing. Aged toned paper. Worn paper boards. Untrimmed side and lower page edges. Inked previous owners signature top of title page otherwise no internal markings. Not Ex-Lib. A very rare item in VG restored condition.</p> T & Swords hardcover